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is encircled by a massive stony rampart
rising on an averag some 3'-6'' to 4' on the
interior and showing evidence of the former
existence of a stone parapet along its crest,
with a concentric trench beyond 30' in width on
the N. [North] arc where it is best defined , 10' in depth
below the crest of the scarp and 5' below that
of the counterscarp, with an outer mound
on the counterscarp. Overlooking the steep
slope to the Southward the rampart is much
less prominent than elsewhere on the periphery
and the trench has been dispensed with. The
entrance which is from the E. [East] is some 15' in
width as it passes over the trench and 5' through
the rampart. The roadway is sunk below
the ground level on the outside and is so
carried forward into the interior. A cross
wall curving from E. [East] to W. [West] cuts off about
1/4 of the interior contained by the S. [South] arc, and
elsewhere there are indications of walls
forming enclosures against the rampart
There has been much hollowing out of
the interior and for almost its whole
length the trench is cut through rock.

Hut Circle
On the moorland which seems to pass under
the general name of Cartertan Knowes lying

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